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Approximate Read Time: <5 minutes Last year the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) forecast three new Teen Pregnancy Prevention grants. Grants.gov indicates they could be released as early as next week. For most of my career I (Tom) have worked in many aspects of teen pregnancy prevention – from program development, testing, delivery, and evaluation …
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Approximate Read Time: 4.5 minutes For the past ten years it has been MY honor and privilege to serve you and your organization as the founder and president of Tenacious Change. Now, in 2023, it will be OUR honor and privilege. On January 1 my son, Jakob Klaus, became a full partner in Tenacious Change, …
Approximate Read Time: 3 minutes We are officially kicking off our 10th Anniversary celebration at Tenacious Change! Tenacious Change LLC began as Tom Klaus & Associates, a sole proprietorship, in 2013 because it was quicker and easier to set up a new business using a personal name rather than one that might already be in use. …
The Adventure of Tenacious Change Continues (Approximate Read Time: 30 seconds) Tenacious Change is turning 10 years old...well, not immediately, but we are starting the celebration because we like parties! We have made some plans to celebrate, others in the works, and some are just beginning to emerge. Actually, we are taking three months to …
(Approximate Read Time: 1 minute) https://videopress.com/v/gIFGC3E4?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Today is Cyber Monday and we are running a space limited and time limited special on our streaming short course on community change, Getting Started with the Tenacious Change Approach. Until 11:59 PM tonight (Monday, November 28) you can purchase all 10 lessons of the whole course bundle for …
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(Approximate Read Time: 1 minute) That’s why we are moving our usual weekly blog to Monday AND this one is going to be short and, hopefully, sweet for you. Only two things: Happy Thanksgiving! Whatever your tradition for marking this holiday we hope it is a restful, peaceful time for you and those you hold …
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(Approximate Read Time: 2 minutes) ...the change spreads, thrives, and endures. Why? Because ownership of the change by those most impacted creates pride in it. It facilitates a deep belief in the value and importance of the change. It creates a fierce loyalty to it that compels people to stand up in support of it. …
(Approximate Read Time: 2 minutes) In case your Latin is a bit rusty, "Nihil de nobis, sine nobis" translates to "nothing about us, without us." It means that no policy, action, or change should be approved or taken without the full and direct participation of those most affected by it. Yesterday, in the United States, …
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(Approximate Read Time: 2 minutes + pictures!) We had an amazing week in Delray Beach, Florida at the Community Change Experience! We had participants from Hawaii to New York, Alaska to Florida, British Columbia to Quebec. We are awaiting the photographs that were taken by a real professional but, in the meantime, we are sharing …
(Approximate Read Time: 3-minutes) Collective impact is a term and concept that was popularized a decade ago in this 2011 article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Since then, it has become a widely adopted theory for describing what large-scale, cross-sector social change looks like. The Tenacious Change Approach plots a journey for how to …
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